After initially setting out to test two vaccines on 28,000 volunteers during West Africa's deadly Ebola epidemic, a U.S.-Liberia research team had to dramatically reduce its aspirations when the outbreak started coming to an end. But the investigators have now published results showing the shots from GlaxoSmithKline and Merck elicited antibody responses that lasted one year after vaccination.
A research team at the University of Texas, US, is set to develop an affordable at-home diagnostic test for patients with heart failure.
The National Institutes of Health(NIH) and 11 leading biopharmaceutical companies have launched the Partnership for Accelerating Cancer Therapies (PACT), a five-year public-private research collaboration totaling $215 million as part of the Cancer Moonshot.
"Antimicrobial" is a general term which refers to a group of drugs that includes antibiotics, antifungals, antiprotozoals and antivirals, which are destructive or have inhibiting effect to bacteria, fungi and chlamydia and is one of the most widely used drugs in clinical trials.
Despite remarkable gains in the treatment and prevention of HIV infection, development of an effective HIV vaccine likely will be necessary to achieve a durable end to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, according to a new commentary from Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health.
High cholesterol levels have been associated with breast cancer spreading to other sites in the body, but doctors and researchers don't know the cause for the link. A new study by University of Illinois researchers found that the culprit is a byproduct of cholesterol metabolism that acts on specific immune cells so that they facilitate the cancer's spread instead of stopping it.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Respicardia’s transvenous implantable neurostimulation system, remede, for moderate to severe central sleep apnea (CSA) in adults.
Pfizer Inc. announced that it is reviewing strategic alternatives for its Consumer Healthcare business. A range of options will be considered, including a full or partial separation of the Consumer Healthcare business from Pfizer through a spin-off, sale or other transaction, and Pfizer may ultimately determine to retain the business. Today’s announcement is part of Pfizer’s continuing efforts to allocate resources and capital to best serve patients and maximize value for its shareholders.
Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Gilotrif® (afatinib) has been accepted for filing and granted Priority Review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The application for Gilotrif is currently under review for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 21 (L861Q), G719X or S768I substitution mutations as detected by an FDA-approved test.
The19th Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology Congress - APLAR 2017 which will be hosted in Dubai UAE from October 16-20, 2017 at the Dubai World Trade Center.
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